Brilliance Steel Limited
The Commission launched an investigation after receiving complaints that Brilliance may have engaged in conduct that breached the Fair Trading Act in relation to steel mesh. The Commission laid charges against Brilliance and the company pled guilty to making false and misleading representations for its 147E steel mesh product which it marketed and sold as being earthquake grade ‘500E’ steel mesh between 30 September 2012 and June 2016. The company was fined $540,000 in August 2018.
Case Details
Parties
Brilliance Steel Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 9, 10, 13
Industry
Construction
Status
Closed
Outcome
Court enforceable undertakings, Judgment, Stop now letter
Case Number
[2018] NZDC 7359
Date opened
31 August 2015
Date closed
16 August 2018
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